Vinthan Kanagaratnam
Karthikesu Nadarasa Kanagaratnam (commonly known as Vinthan Kanagaratnam) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
Vinthan Kanagaratnam MPC MMC | |
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விந்தன் கனகரத்தினம் | |
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
| Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
| Member of Jaffna Municipal Council | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Kanagaratnam is treasurer of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization.[1] He contested the 2009 local government election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates and was elected to the Jaffna Municipal Council.[2] He contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[3][4] After the election he was appointed to assist the Minister of Fisheries, Transport, Trade and Rural Development on trade and commerce.[5] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[6][7]
References
- "History". Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization.
- "Local Authorities Election 2009 Final Results Jaffna Municipal Council - Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013.
- "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.